{"id":5948,"date":"2020-03-30T15:14:24","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T20:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.appliedpolicy.com\/staging\/7403\/?p=5948"},"modified":"2021-07-02T07:34:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T12:34:51","slug":"cms-issues-waivers-interim-final-rule-cms-1744-ifc-to-address-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appliedpolicy.com\/staging\/7403\/cms-issues-waivers-interim-final-rule-cms-1744-ifc-to-address-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"CMS Issues Waivers &#038; Interim Final Rule (CMS-1744-IFC) to Address COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span data-contrast=\"auto\">On the evening of March 30<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a series of\u00a0additional\u00a0blanket\u00a0waivers\u00a0under\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/files\/document\/covid-19-blanket-waivers-section-1877g.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">section 1877(g)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/files\/document\/summary-covid-19-emergency-declaration-waivers.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">section 1135<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0of the Social Security Act\u00a0and an\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/files\/document\/covid-final-ifc.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">interim final rule\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(IFC) aimed at addressing the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Below are many of the new flexibilities and capabilities\u00a0included in the waivers and rule:\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Increasing Hospital Capacity<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"26\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Allow ambulatory surgery centers to contract with local healthcare systems to provide hospital services or surgery centers may enroll and bill as hospitals during the emergency declaration\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"26\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Permit non-hospital buildings and spaces to be used for patient care and quarantine sites, if locations are approved by states<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"26\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Allowing COVID-19 tests to be performed on people at home and in other community-based settings outside of hospitals<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"26\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Medicare will pay for laboratory technicians to travel to a beneficiary\u2019s home to collect a specimen for COVID-19 testing<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"26\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Allow hospitals to conduct testing and screening for COVID-19 at drive through and off-campus test sites<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"26\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ambulances may transport patients to additional locations when other transportation is not medically appropriate. These locations include community mental health centers, FQHCs, physician offices, urgent care facilities, ASCs, and locations providing dialysis when an ESRD facility is not available.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"26\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Physician-owned hospitals can temporarily increase the number of licensed beds, operating rooms, and procedure rooms<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"26\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hospitals may bill for services provided \u201coutside their four walls,\u201d including via telehealth and alternate treatment and testing sites<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Expanding the Healthcare Workforce<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"27\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Allow increase of hospital workforce by streamlining hiring from the local community, including private practice clinicians, and individuals licensed from other states without violated Medicare rules<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"27\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Expanding services that may be provided by physician assistants and nurse practitioners<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"27\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Waiving requirement that a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) be under the supervision of a physician, allowing CRNAs to function to the extent allowed by a state<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"27\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Providing a blanket waiver to allow hospitals to provide benefits and support to medical staff, such as multiple daily meals, laundry service for personal clothing, and\u00a0child care\u00a0services<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"27\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Health care providers, including clinicians, hospitals, institutional providers, and suppliers, will be allowed to temporarily enroll in Medicare<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Reducing Burden<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"28\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Eliminate paperwork requirements, covering respiratory-related devices and equipment for any medical reason determined by a clinician\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(Medicare previously only covered these in specified circumstances)<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"28\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hospitals will not be required to have written policies on processes and visitation of COVID-19 patients in isolation<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"28\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hospitals will be provided with additional time to provide a patient a copy of their medical record<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"28\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">CMS is extending certain reporting requirements and suspending documentation requests for providers, facilities, Medicare Advantage plans, Part D prescription drug plans, and states<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Use of Telehealth, Alternate Settings<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"29\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">An additional 80 services may now be furnished via telehealth, including through apps with audio and video capabilities<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"29\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Providers will be allowed to evaluate beneficiaries through phones with audio only<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"29\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Telehealth visits may be billed at the same rate as in-person visits and services may be provided to both new and established patients<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"29\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Face-to-face requirements of national coverage determinations (NCDs) and local coverage determinations (LCDs) will be waived during the public health emergency\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"29\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Physicians may supervise clinical staff using virtual technologies when appropriate<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"29\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For beneficiaries whom a physician 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